Hideki Matsuyama Secures Win at St. Jude Championship
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00:00The first leg of the fedex cup postseason on the pga tour this week in memphis at the st
00:06Jude championship it got a little dicey yesterday for hideki matsuyama
00:10But he does end as the champion of the first spot in a fedex cup
00:15Playoffs 17 under par for the week, even though on sunday as everybody was starting to go low
00:21Hideki had to birdie the final two holes to hold on for a victory his 10th pga tour win
00:28In his career
00:29He takes leg one of the fedex cup postseason as we get ready for leg number two
00:34This upcoming weekend of the bmw championship and it all ends at east lake in the tour championship in atlanta
00:41Yeah, by the way top 70 we're in this round top 50 then move forward and you know
00:47We're usually looking at the top of the standings say hey a lot of these great golfers play great golf
00:51They're moving on I flip it down to the bottom of the standings here
00:54Jordan speeth and rory mccleroy tied for 68th at plus nines rory
01:00I don't think there's any excuses for that jordan speeth like hey, look my wrist is killing
01:04I'm, finally getting the surgery I needed i'm dipping out of this thing, but still had a terrible week overall
01:08It's crazy
01:09Like the height of rory mccleroy season was like finally going to be a major winner here break that streak here coming real close
01:15Only to really bottom out here at this fedex championship by shooting that plus nine
01:20But if you are looking at the top of the leaderboard usual suspects are popping up there
01:23Xander shawflake victor hovland scotty sheffler front down the stretch and sheffler buried a long birdie
01:28I believe on the 18th hole to get him at that 14 under 960 grand put in his pocket
01:33But hideki matsuyama who almost lost this lead and this championship
01:383.6 million dollars in his pocket with a chance to win even more money the following week. These guys are making some bank